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CHOICE AND THE RELATIVE IMMEDIACY OF REINFORCEMENT
Author(s) -
Dunn Roger,
Fantino Edmund
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1982.38-321
Subject(s) - immediacy , reinforcement , frequency , psychology , reinforcement learning , relative value , computer science , cognitive psychology , social psychology , statistics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , finance , economics
The relative immediacy of reinforcement in concurrent‐chain schedules was varied while the relative reduction in the overall average time to reinforcement associated with terminal‐link entry was held constant. For each of four pigeons, choice did not vary with relative immediacy of reinforcement. Subsequently, choice by the same subjects was shown to be sensitive to relative reduction in average time to reinforcement.